16
found fault with any food whatsoever; if he craved it he ate it, and if not he simply left it.
Imam Ahmad, Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, and Abū Shaykh al-Aṣbahānī also transmit—through the chain of Bahz ibn Ḥakīm, from his father, from his grandfather—that his brother came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said, “On what grounds were my neighbors detained?” The Prophet turned away from him, so he added, “People allege that you have forbidden wickedness, yet you withdraw to practice it in private!” He replied, “For me to—”
صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ طَعَامًا قَطُّ، إِنِ اشْتَهَاهُ أَكَلَهُ، وَإِلَّا تَرَكَهُ»
".
وَرَوَى الْإِمَامُ أَحْمَدُ، وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ، وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ، وَأَبُو الشَّيْخِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ مِنْ «حَدِيثِ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ،
أَنَّ أَخَاهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ:
" جِيرَانِي عَلَى مَا أُخِذُوا
"،
فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ:
"
إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّكَ نَهَيْتَ عَنِ الْغَيِّ، ثُمَّ تَسْتَخْلِي بِهِ
"،
فَقَالَ:
"
لَأَنْ